Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] have [vb pp] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Karimov claims to have discovered a direct correlation between nuclear tests conducted at the Soviet testing site of Semipalatinsk over the years and earthquakes throughout the former Soviet Union . |
| 2 | Alexander seemed to have become a decisive proponent of reform . |
| 3 | Caesarius of Arles seems to have held a similar opinion . |
| 4 | Despite the occasional brush with the law ( ‘ obstructing the police ’ in Vienna ) , Mr Rossi seems to have led a laudatory ( for a man of his calling ) existence — save for the fact that he bears no little responsibility in influencing the progeny of working people to attire themselves in tent material . |
| 5 | Mary Leapor appears to have given a great deal of thought to Pope 's ‘ Epistle to a Lady ’ . |
| 6 | By 1879 , one exasperated commentator remarked : ‘ M A. Guyard claims to have discovered a new metal of the platinum group which he names uralium , from the Ural mountains , whence the ore is procured . |
| 7 | Robert seems to have had a special affection for the Orynthia ; whereas many mariners came and went as the whim took them , he stuck to his old ship . |
| 8 | AS the talking went on in America the Bosnian Serbs appeared to have gained a firmer hold on their territorial war gains today . |
| 9 | HARTLEPOOL United have set a two-year target for promotion to the new First Division . |
| 10 | Although Andrews was convinced that his minister had conspired against him , Brooke seems to have played a passive role in the 1943 crisis , refusing to lead a party revolt , and becoming prime minister almost by default . |
| 11 | In the wake of the 1848 revolutions St Petersburg appeared to have acquired a larger say in the affairs of central Europe than it had possessed for a generation . |
| 12 | Forrester seems to have played a lovely game , or so we are told by the Sunday tabloids . |
| 13 | Les and Peg seemed to have uncovered a simple truth which has evaded so many of us . |
| 14 | Japan seemed to have invented a new way to create ultra-cheap money . |
| 15 | Fleischmann and Pons were seeing 25 per cent unaccounted-for heat sometimes and had not yet more than the hope of proving that there were neutrons proving fusion ; Jones claimed to have seen a few neutrons at levels which , while interesting for science and understanding aspects of the Earth , bore no large scale practical benefits — what use is a billionth of a watt ? |
| 16 | Although there are some irregularities , Smart seems to have had a fixed task allocated for each day and to have kept to it . |
| 17 | By 1882 St Cuthbert 's had become a separate parish and in 1885 Fr. |
| 18 | Feargal seems to have said a great deal . |
| 19 | Early in his career Thornton appears to have had a clear idea of the disposition of his circuit . |
| 20 | Macdonald also remarks a contrario , that " while the cheapness of women 's work as compositors in Edinburgh seems to have attracted a certain class of work from London , the men 's success in keeping up wages in London bookbinding does not seem to have driven bookbinding to the provinces " . |
| 21 | Christie 's had secured a good selection of attractive conversation pieces and landscape paintings calculated to appeal to private collectors on a budget , as well as the more interesting portraits and equestrian compositions , while the quality of the works at Sotheby 's was particularly thin . |
| 22 | Consultants Travers ' Morgan appear to have used a 1000 link computer model in the analysis for Serpell . |
| 23 | SPENNYMOOR-BASED Yvonne Bell seems to have discovered a top hurdler in Devlins Paddy . |